Kingdom of Ash and Blood
It was the past clawing its way out — her family’s oath, reborn in secret.
Footsteps echoed behind her.
Luca’s voice came, low and tired. “You shouldn’t be here.”
She turned to him, eyes glowing with cold defiance. “Neither should you. But we both have ghosts to answer to.”
He took a slow breath. “What did you find?”
She looked back at the crest, her expression unreadable. “Proof that everything we built was built on a lie.”
He stepped closer, blood still on his shirt, and for a heartbeat, they stood there — the King and Queen of a crumbling kingdom, caught between love and legacy.
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